PHI 3398 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Dualism
6 Dec 2013
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Skepticism kant is supposed to have overcome skepticism. The mere fact that we have a consciousness guarantees objectivity. The threat of skepticism the mind is not directed towards the world. Kant the fact that we have a consciousness means our mind is directed towards the world. Usual picture 2 things estranged from each other. Mcdowell and kant break free of the idea that the mind is a mirror of the world. Kant does not have the concept of 2nd nature. Tradition philosophy deals with dualisms (mind/world, value/fact, subject/object) Wiggenstein to build a picture of the world to try to understand the mind. Mcdowell claims to have overcome traditional philosophy through quietism. Quietism there"s no dichotomy between mind & world (same thing) The bald naturalist says there"s nothing in the mind (mcdowell disagrees) he"s constructing the phenomenal world out of concepts stuck between kantian and constructivist. The scientific image is not conceptual (kantian picture) or.
